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standard lexicon
inherently opaque
a writing manual
too sparse
impenetrability of modern scientific literature.
Tangled sentences
I am often staggered by their leaps of reasoning or omission of key details
Such self-reinforcing mimicry
that are intended to rein in tumours could instead spur them on.
anecdotes
had stumbled on the same problem
an oncologist at the institute
bizarre responses
speculates
suppressed responses
warrant
denouncing
world's greatest purveyor of violence
King portrayed the war in Vietnam as an imperial one
prosecuted at the expense of the poor
Any public utterance
circumspect
he felt compelled
to protest the war
missive to the American government

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fairy tale
insurers
endorse
made a mockery of his campaign pledge
political fiasco
he could win over recalcitrant Republican members
Capitol Hill
genuinely
in combining mandates with subsidies, regulation, and access to a state-administered system for the poverty-stricken and low-paid
a huge drop in coverage
dismantling Obamacare
surtaxes
Since the 2000 United States presidential election, red states and blue states have referred to states of the United States whose residents predominantly vote for either the Republican Party (red) or Democratic Party (blue) presidential candidates
simplistic conservative nostrums

LaDuDu

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the National Endowment
The spending outline
discretionary part of the budget
There is no viable substitute for federal funding

LaDuDu

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the same killings that demonstrators were protesting against
not to indict
as a travesty
probe
That could include a stunning confrontation
the six-pointed star controversy
with little respite
the news comes in unstoppable torrents
trigger
the news becomes palpable
complex algorithms that magnify their power

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people interpreted much differently
These seemingly benign comments
you’ve planted your foot firmly into your mouth.
the subtle implications
The following are the worst offenders
incredibly unappealing
they’re as grouchy as they come
Instead of assuming someone’s disposition
is hard on the recipient
Getting insulted over having to repeat yourself suggests that either you’re insecure or you think you’re better than everyone else (or both!)
Owning up to your mistake is the best way to bring the discussion to a more rational, calm place so that you can work things out

Admitting guilt is an amazing way to prevent escalation.

Using “for your” as a qualifier always comes across as condescending and rude

they utilize time

leap out of bed and head for the computer

Rituals like this will enable you to clear your head and get yourself in the right state of mind for the day ahead.

rather than focusing on trivial matters.

Get in a workout.

yoga session

LaDuDu

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Altruistic People
old tropes
in order to subtly lower the social value of the person you are trying to attract.
high extroversion and openness to experience
narcissism
being manipulative
callousness, lying, thrill-seeking
converging evidence
highlighting a potentially important avenue along which good deeds done toward unrelated individuals (exemplified today by acts like donating blood or helping to push a stranger’s car out of the snow) may have evolved
making charitable donations to women
contextual arenas
personality inventory
being extroverted)
between 13 and 26% of variance in the sexual behavior variables
more subtle behavioral measure of altruism
perceived infidelity
Moral Rigidity
such as sacrificing one person to save five
philosophical terminology
maximizing outcomes is called utilitarian
Cognition
throw a dying man overboard to keep a life raft afloat

LaDuDu

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cultural intelligence
They were in shock and a bit bewildered
how to engage in productive conversations with people who have different perspectives
The vitriolic social media posts
Diversity fatigue
recipes and cat videos filled their Facebook page
too disoriented
Most people who facilitate diversity workshops and global leadership courses are zealous about exposing the cultural blunders and injustices
too timid
avoid too much backlash.
conversation or workshop
practitioners
The very “cultural understanding” we exhort in our seminars
I’ll be dismissed.
every CQ session
productivity and fiscal responsibility
counterproductive
biases and frustrations
my admonition for us to speak candidly
offensive
we can end up perpetuating the danger of the single story.
“The single story creates stereotypes, and the problem with stereotypes is not that they are untrue, but that they are incomplete. They make one story become the only story.”
I encountered this up close recently
was nominated as
so I know she is not the ignorant, power-grabbing, homophobe she was made out to be as a part of the confirmation process
She’s a resilient woman so I’m not worried about her ability to endure SNL clips about grizzly bears
But what saddens me is that
we have to keep our hand on the thermostat.
If it gets too hot, people are likely to dismiss it all together or simply become more calcified in what they already thought.
depersonalize the conflict in the room
A new pricing consensus has emerged on the global oil market, spurred by financial and intrinsic factors.

One reason for the oil price collapse is related primarily to the curtailment of the repurchasing programme for treasury and mortgage-backed securities
Implementing the quantitative easing initiative
The suspension of these initiatives
commodity securities market
China, in line with America, is
According to BP, if, in 1980, 79.9 thousand British Thermal Units (BTU) were required to produce 1 dollar of Chinese GDP, then in 2010, this figure was over three times less (24.7 thousand BTU).
The culmination by the
Curtailing costly oil production projects